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Good morning! This week, over on the Craftin’ Desert Divas blog, some of the design team is sharing their top 3 Copic marker colors combinations and I HAD to share mine with you!

Mine are based around 2 things. 1.) I LOVE foxes! 2.) Christmas is coming very soon!

My first color combination I’m sharing is the one I ALWAYS use for foxes. You can make it lighter or darker by adding more or less of the darker colors. I found this color combination when I was looking up photos of foxes, I found a photo I liked, printed it, and used my Copic swatches to match the different colors. I love that it’s not too red, not too orange, and not too brown. It feels just right to me! It works great for CDD images because there are a TON of foxes in the shop!

My fox color combo is (dark to light) YR27, E33, YR16, YR12

The second color combination I’m choosing is my Red color combination. I LOVE this bright, Christmassy red for my Christmas cards, and it’s my go to red for everything.

The color combination for red is (dark to light) R59, R39, R29, R24

My third and last color combination is the one I LOVE for a nice Christmas green. And, it’s easy to make your highlights and shadows with this one. It does take a little more blending though.

The color combination for green is (dark to light) G28, G46, YG17, YG23

I’m attaching 3 photos to show the use of these color combinations. These adorable images are from Santa’s Helpers. Aren’t they cute?!?! Plus, I threw in a couple extra color combos I always use too.

So, now, to make my project, I pulled out my Shake It Up dies and also my Inside Scalloped Circle dies. I used the circle from the Shake It Up dies along with the medium scalloped circle from the Inside Scalloped Circle dies to make my frame.

I cut an additional 2 circles, from Bristol smooth cardstock, from the Shake It Up dies, for my background. One circle I inked up with Distress Inks, and the other I cut into the 2 snow banks.

You can see my adorable little scene inside my shaker. I LOVE how this came out!

As you can see below, I cut the base from some dark brown cardstock, and then cut the plate from some silver metallic paper. After stamping my sentiment, I attached it to the base with brads.

This card did end up being a bit thick, so it’s one that will either be shipped in a box of presents or hand delivered.

I do hope you like my card! Thanks for letting me share 3 of my favorite color combinations with you!

I wanted to say a quick thank y’all for stopping by! This is going to be a short post. I have another card from the latest Craftin’ Desert Divas release to share with you. This release was just amazing! I loved all of it!

I wanted to keep my card simple so that the focus was on the sloth in the sleeping bag.

The only depth on my card is the frame & the sentiment strip. I just really wanted that focus to be on the sloth enjoying his nice peaceful camping trip. No Big Foot, no friends, just him and the moon & stars.

Now, to make my trees in silhouette, I just used Black Distress Oxide ink and sponged it on a piece of watercolor paper that I die cut using the new Fall Border dies.

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This is my second post for today. To see my previous post using the new CDD Happy Camper set, click here.

For the September Release, the divas are showcasing two new stamp sets today. This set is called Harvest Wishes & it’s another favorite for this release. Now, I don’t normally make Halloween cards, but when I saw these two mice, I HAD to!

To make these cute shaped cards, I used the CDD Stitched in Circles dies. I only added a couple other circle dies to make the layers. I cut the little wreath from that set using glitter paper. For a finishing touch, I did add Spectrum Noir Shimmer pen to the bows and the colored circle on both cards.

I colored up these little cuties to match the Ghouls & Goodies 6×6 paper pad from Doodlebug.

Thank you for joining us for the September Release. Come back and visit me as I have 3 more cards from this release to share with you!

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